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Rinat Akhmetov, the richest man in Ukraine, joined the ranks of influential Ukrainian oligarchs pledging to defend their homeland in the case of a Russian invasion.
In a statement, Mr Akhmetov, the owner of Ukraine’s largest business holding controlling nearly half of the country’s coal, steel, ore and thermoelectricity sectors, said: “I state with all due responsibility that SCM Group, which today employs 300,000 people and represents Ukraine from west to east and from north to south, will do everything possible to maintain the integrity of our country.”

His comments come one day after two other oligarchs – billionaires Igor Kolomoisky and Serhiy Taruta – accepted offers from the new leadership to head regional administrations and preparing them for a possible Russian attack.
Members of Ukraine’s business establishment – who are often bitter rivals and seen as benefactors of widespread kleptocracy and cronyism – appear keen to unite a country split between Ukrainian-speakers in the west and Russian speakers to the east in order to preserve the nation’s territorial integrity.

“The future of our country has been put under threat. The use of force and lawless actions from outside are unacceptable,” said Mr Akhmetov, a former ally of toppled Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich.
“I believe that the crisis must only have a peaceful solution. I call upon all fellow citizens to unite for the sake of the unity and integrity of Ukraine.”---

It also emerged late on Saturday that Serhiy Taruta, a billionaire industrialist, had agreed to be governor of Donetsk in the far eastern region of the country. In an interview published in internet news site Delo.ua, he called upon citizens to unite against a potential Russian attack.
“Dear citizens. I address you as the chairman of the board of directors of the Industrial Union of Donbass, as a Russian-speaking citizen . . . with Russian and Ukrainian blood. I call upon all who cherish Ukraine and its future to consolidate [their] strength to preserve the territorial integrity of our nation,” Mr Taruta was quoted as saying.
“I hope all understand that Russia’s decision could lead to the partition of our country and a long-term inextinguishable civil conflict with many human casualties.”

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Dmitry Firtash's company controls much of the natural gas that flows between Ukraine and Russia's state-owned energy giant, Gazprom. Orysia Lutsevych, of the think-tank Chatham House, says having Firtash in custody could help open the lid on Russia's sometimes-secretive gas trade.

"If Europe and the US decide to act upon Putin, in terms of pressure and sanctions," says Lutsevych, Firtash "would have a lot of valuable information in terms of how the business is built, because it's not so obvious."

Lutsevych also points out that Firtash has a stake in other Ukrainian sectors, besides gas. He also owns one of the major TV channels in Ukraine.

"So between the gas trade and major TV stations, he was always fused with Ukrainian politics," says Lutsevych. "His support or opposition was instrumental to a lot of political leaders in Ukraine. And you know it's up to a court to prove whether he's guilty or not, but he has been polluting [the] political system for quite some time."

And his influence may reach further. Along with many other Ukrainian and Russian oligarchs, Firtash has made a kind of second home in London. Helen Goodman, a member of Britain's Labour Party, claims Britain's Conservative-led government has financial ties with Firtash.

"Now, I don't have any evidence that the law has been broken," says Goodman. "But there have been a number of reports of members of the Conservative Party, and the Conservative Party directly, receiving money from large Ukrainian businessmen; not directly, but indirectly."---

However, Orysia Lutsevych of Chatham House, says that after Firtash's arrest, there'll be growing pressure on British politicians to explain their links with the Ukrainian businessman. "It's a question of whether you want to be associated with this person or not," said Lutsevych. "People have a right to be suspicious and to ask questions, especially if you have some links to an oligarch."

And people are suspicious. British Ukrainians have targeted Firtash and other oligarchs in London with demonstrations. Earlier this year, protesters gathered outside the London Stock Exchange to express their anger that London's financial industry has embraced the Ukrainian oligarch. They chanted, "Firtash out!"

Dmitry Firtash now awaits a US extradition request. His bail in Austria has been set at over $170 million.

He called the EuroMaidan Revolution a coup led by "nationalists, fascists, anti-Semites and Russophobes."---

"It is clear that there is still no legitimate executive power (in Ukraine), there is nobody to talk to," Putin said. "At the same time, they control nothing in their country, and are controlled by radicals. Even to get into the office of some ministers you can only do so by permission of the militants of Maidan. This is not a joke."

let us hate the American political elite together. Let us fight them for our identities – you for the American, us for the Russian, but the enemy is in both cases the same – the global oligarchy who rules the word using you and smashing us. Let us revolt. Let us resist. Together. Russians and Americans. We are the people. We are not their puppets.